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Interesting point about publishers producing a cheap and a "classy" version of their books already way back then. I seem to remember reading somewhere else that
by veddox 8y ago
Interesting point about publishers producing a cheap and a "classy" version of their books already way back then. I seem to remember reading somewhere else that when paperbacks first came up, they were a huge success, yet were criticized by the more snobbish educated elite as a virtual blasphemy...
- digi_owl 8y agoTolkien at least had that attitude towards LOTR being printed in paperback in USA in the 60s (never mind that the publisher did so on questionable legal grounds).
- jillesvangurp 8y agoI have a paperback version of LOTR in a single volume. Very convenient. Has the full text in relatively small font in just under 1200 pages.
- walshemj 8y agoThis was to compete with the pirated editions - its mentioned in the forward of my UK edition.